The Regus Group, the world’s largest provider of fully furnished, move-in ready offices with 1,000 locations in 78 countries, recently opened its latest Kansas City area business center in Zona Rosa’s mixed-use development. Members of the local community, chamber of commerce and economic development leaders joined Regus team members in a festive groundbreaking where guests [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Regus opens in Zona Rosa, Brokers tour Crown Center properties
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Ziegler sees market shifts, stats favor Lake Quivira, agents enjoy lunch and networking
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Chuck Ziegler, a mortgage loan officer with Pulaski Bank in Johnson County, has a memorable sales pitch: He wants to be “your mortgage consultant for life,” as he puts it. And with some clients, that’s certainly the case. He’s been doing home loans for 39 years. “I have always enjoyed being part of helping people [...]
Q&A with David Hinchman at CB Richard Ellis
Thursday, April 29th, 2010David Hinchman is First Vice President now acting Managing Director of the Kansas City CB Richard Ellis office. He has been in the real estate brokerage and development business since 1976, and at CB Richard Ellis since 1978. In the past 5 years, he has represented developers, Fortune 500 companies and others in real estate [...]
Barbecue brings in a crowd, surprising stats on housing appreciation, Leabrooke finds right mix
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Nikki Tygard, vice president with Pulaski Bank Home Lending, hosted a barbecue this week at Pat Hersma’s Re/Max First listing in the Meyer Circle neighborhood. Agents flocked to the tour, including (above) Jeff Sokoloff with Coldwell Banker and Wallace Kilbourne with Reece & Nichols, who filled up on brisket and beans.
Renee McMahon with Prudential, Janet [...]
CCIM talks growth, Freight District auction nears, City Market property manager nabs top award
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010CCIM talks growth
CCIM & Missouri Growth Association presented “Government Affairs and its Effect on Kansas City Real Estate” recently at its monthly breakfast meeting at Mission Hills Country Club. Above, event speakers Brian Grave, lobbyist for Missouri Growth Association, with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Jeff Kaczmarek, CEO of the Economic Development Corp., and Luke Bell, [...]
Q&A with Lee Harris of Cohen-Esrey
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010R. Lee Harris is the President and CEO of Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services, LLC, a national leader in everything from property management to tax credit investments; from construction management to affordable housing development. He joined Cohen-Esrey right after graduating in 1975 from Kansas State University, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in economics. [...]
CREW hears from LANE4, Downtowners hit Boulevard Brewery
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Hunter Harris with LANE4 gives update on project near KU Med Center
Hunter Harris, Director of Development with LANE4 Property Group, Inc., was the guest speaker at a recent CREW luncheon. Harris gave a presentation on LANE4’s latest development, 39Rainbow. 39Rainbow is a 140,000 square foot mixed-use project located adjacent to Wyandotte County’s largest employer, the University [...]
Quality Hill condos selling, building permits soar
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Quality Hill going “condo”
Several of Downtown Kansas City’s historic apartment buildings are being converted into condominiums in the Quality Hill neighborhood (above). Sales velocity has been high since the condominium units hit the market last year, and recent sales have been strong during the last weeks of the federal government’s home buyer tax-credit program. The [...]
Q&A with Greg Duvall of NorthMarq
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Greg Duvall is a Senior Vice President and Senior Director in NorthMarq Capital’s (NorthMarq) Kansas City Regional office. NorthMarq is a privately owned national commercial mortgage banking business headquartered in Minneapolis, providing many services for commercial real estate owners, occupiers, and investors, including brokerage, property management and industry-leading capital market solutions.
Duvall, a Kansas City area native and [...]
CCIM event focuses on finance, Harbinger crowns ping pong champ, Block wins high honor
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010CCIM breakfast speakers explore financing issues in today’s economy
Bess Kessinger with Q10 | Triad Capital Advisors, and David Kenner, Levy and Craig, PC (above with Bill Fair) along with John Parker of Q10 | Triad, (below with Steve Coon of Rapid-Built Properties, LLC) gave an update on the real estate debt markets – how we got [...]